Memorize Hebrews 13:5

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you,”

Hebrews 13:5, New American Standard Bible 2020

34 words · a five-day project, a phrase or two at a time · Share as an image

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The five steps

1. Meet the verse. Hear it read aloud, then echo it phrase by phrase, with a small hand motion for each phrase.
2. Fill the gaps. About a third of the words become blanks. Say it out loud, supplying them; peek if you need to, trying is the point.
3. Half hidden. Most of the words are gone now. Say it once more at bedtime; sleep locks it in overnight.
4. First letters. Every word reduced to its first letter. Recite it with only those to guide you.
5. All by yourself. Nothing but the reference. One confident recite, then it goes into your Verse Book to come back for review.

Each step makes a fine "tonight's step" spread over five days, and nothing is locked: the numbered dots jump anywhere. How to memorize Bible verses walks through the whole method.

Why it works

Three of the most replicated findings in learning science: retrieval practice (pulling a word from memory strengthens it more than rereading it), spacing (short tries on separate days beat one long one), and sleep (a verse said at bedtime is consolidated overnight). The blanks grow in stages so that every try is hard enough to count and never so hard that you give up.

Hebrews 13:5 in context

The closing exhortations call for enduring love, hospitality, solidarity with prisoners, marital faithfulness, contentment, respect for faithful leaders, praise, generosity, and mutual support. The writer closes with prayer, news of Timothy, greetings, and grace.

Read Hebrews 13:5 in its chapter · Hebrews 13, in the New American Standard Bible 2020.

Verses that keep it company

• Proverbs 11:25Bible verses about money
• Proverbs 19:17Bible verses about money
• Proverbs 22:7Bible verses about money
• Proverbs 30:8-9Bible verses about money
• Ecclesiastes 5:10Bible verses about money
• Matthew 6:21Bible verses about money

Hebrews 13:5 is on Bible verses about money, Bible verses for loneliness.

In other translations

BSB · Berean Standard BibleKJV · King James VersionNET · New English TranslationWEB · World English BibleESV · English Standard VersionASV · American Standard (1901)YLT · Young's Literal Translation

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